Notes:
– Formed around 1980 under the name ‘Tempest Ride’ and their first gigs quickly gained them a strong local following.
– In 1981 drummer Lee Burrows roadies for the UK tour of Iron Maiden and Praying Mantis
– During their first era, Lyadrive are establishing some good connections within the music industry and several recording and touring possibilities emerged. However, due to some really bad timing line-up changes and general bad luck they called it quits in 1985
– Reformed during the summer of 1996 with only Nick John (v,k) and Lee Burrows (d) from the original line-up.
– You can get directly from the band copies of video-recordings from 1983/4
– Lyadrive can be found on a few compilations, here are some of most significant:
“Metal Warriors” (LP, Ebony Records, 1983) with ‘We’ve Got The Rock’
“Classic British Heavy Metal – Noise Level Critical” (CD, Hallmark Records, 1997) with ‘Sign Of The Hunted’ and ‘Steal Away The Night’
“The Best of British Metal” (CD, Delta Music, 1999) with ‘Another Time. Another Place’ and ‘White Dress’
“Classic British Heavy Metal” (CD, Pegasus, 2002) with ‘Cold Sweat’ and ‘Lazerwind’

Tempest Ride
– During their very early days as ‘Tempest Ride’ they appeared on the compilation “The Bridge Album” (LP, Bridge Records, 1982) with ‘Another Time Another Place’. The same recording also appeared on “Legends of Progressive Rock” (CD, Hallmark Records, 1998) which also has the Lyadrive track ‘Lazerwind’